On 20-Jan-2006, at 11:55, Wijnen, Bert (Bert) wrote:
Well said Barry!
From: Barry Leiba
My biggest concern is in sections "2.3. Freedom of Participation"
and "2.5. Attendance Limitation and Visas", in that I'm not sure
how realistic they are. Without getting overly into politics (let's
please not), I think they reflect a somewhat naïve view of some of
the political realities. Specifically...
Meetings should not be held in countries where some
attendees could
be disallowed entry or where freedom of speech is not
guaranteed for
all participants.
Indeed. Applied with vigour, this restriction implies that no country
is suitable to meet in. That leaves us with parts of Antarctica, a
floating venue located in international waters, or zero-g bar BOFs in
outer space. I favour the latter.
A slightly more realistic approach might be to hold meetings
regularly in different countries with (ideally) divergent security/
immigration policies, in the hope that successive meetings might at
least exclude different sets of people.
Joe
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